‘I hate cheaters’: Man threatened to ‘shoot’ and blackmail woman he knew on Instagram for 1 month after she stopped responding to his messages, police say

A Florida woman contacted police after a man she met on Instagram allegedly threatened to kill her.

Hector Manuel Cruz, 29, is currently in custody in Girard, Pennsylvania, after police in Winter Haven, Florida, issued a warrant for his arrest. According to the Winter Haven Public Safety Department, the unnamed woman reported on April 27 that Cruz was making harassing phone calls to her. She explained that she had met Cruz, who lived in Pennsylvania, on Instagram about a month earlier and they embarked on a flirtatious, long-distance relationship.

Police said Cruz became aggressive and jealous, and he accused the woman of talking to other men when she did not respond fast enough…

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